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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.246-13 Inspection—Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause makes all workmanship on dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements subject to Government inspection at any time and place where the work is performed. The contractor must provide reasonable facilities, labor, and materials for those inspections at no extra cost, and is responsible for damage caused by defective workmanship. If the contractor does not promptly correct defective work, the Government may fix or replace it and charge the cost, or terminate the contractor's right to proceed.

Applies to: Contractors performing dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements

What it requires

  • Furnish promptly, at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities, labor, and materials necessary for safe and convenient Government inspection
  • Promptly segregate and remove from the premises any unsatisfactory facilities, materials, and equipment used in contract performance
  • Promptly replace unsatisfactory facilities, materials, and equipment with satisfactory items
  • Proceed at once in a workmanlike manner with performance of the work or correction of defective workmanship

Key terms: inspection · workmanship · defective workmanship · terminate for default · surety

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 46.313, insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements:

Inspection—Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements (AUG 1996)

(a) Unless otherwise designated by the specifications, all workmanship performed under the contract is subject to Government inspection at all times and places where dismantling or demolition work is being performed. The Contractor shall furnish promptly, and at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities, labor, and materials necessary for safe and convenient inspection by the Government. The Government shall perform inspections in a manner that will not unduly delay the work.

(b) The Contractor is responsible for damage to property caused by defective workmanship. The Contractor shall promptly segregate and remove from the premises any unsatisfactory facilities, materials, and equipment used in contract performance, and promptly replace them with satisfactory items. If the Contractor fails to proceed at once in a workmanlike manner with performance of the work or with the correction of defective workmanship, the Government may (1) by contract or otherwise, replace the facilities, materials, and equipment or correct the workmanship and charge the cost to the Contractor and (2) terminate for default the Contractor's right to proceed. The Contractor and any surety shall be liable, to the extent specified in the contract for any damage or cost of repair or replacement.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 46.313 Contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 46.313 Contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.

← 52.246-12 Inspection of Construction. · 52.246-14 Inspection of Transportation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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